Tag Archives: Virginia Court of Appeals

Due to claimant’s numerous procedural defaults, the Court of Appeals affirms a judgment denying workers’ comp benefits to a claimant who alleged ongoing lumbar and cervical complaints the commission said are not related to a work accident; the court agrees ...

The Court of Appeals reverses an order revoking two years of defendant’s suspended sentence, as he had only one year and 11 months of his sentence remaining. Here, the trial court revoked two years of defendant’s suspended sentence believing he ...

Although appellant did not prove he is the biological father of a child, the mother is bound by her agreement acknowledging appellant’s paternity and describing him as the child’s natural father, for all intents and purposes; the Court of Appeals ...

A divorce court did not err in classifying as marital debt on wife’s business credit cards in her name only, but the court did err in classifying appreciation in husband’s separate brokerage account as marital property, based on wife’s evidence ...

Although the parties’ consent order included a detailed revision of their custody arrangement, provided for payment of GAL fees and stated that “all other provisions” of the final divorce and the PSA “not inconsistent” with the consent order would remain ...

The Court of Appeals says an officer had a reasonable suspicion to justify a pat-down of defendant, based on defendant’s anger, mood swings and profuse sweating on a winter night, when the officer questioned defendant about what he knew about ...

A detective inspecting packages at a Federal Express facility had probable cause to seize a package defendant said he was picking up for his wife, based on the package coming overnight from California, identifying “FedEx” as the sender, smelling strongly ...

Although the trial court erred in holding defendant did not invoke his right to counsel when he said, “Let me talk to my lawyer,” defendant reinitiated conversation with a detective and his statements related to being a suspect in an ...

The Court of Appeals says a trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s motion for a continuance of a sentencing hearing after she pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of a 10-month-old infant, based on ...

Despite husband’s claim that the trial court did not properly account for his contributions to improvement of the marital residence, the Court of Appeals affirms the court’s equitable distribution award. Husband contends the trial court did not consider the monetary ...